Best / coolest bike at CD6

[Husky500evo]

At CD6, a topic that I heard discussed in a number of different places was, what was the best / coolest bike at the event ? It is really hard to get a consensus on this, because of varying preferences with makes & eras . After thinking about it, my choice would have to be the ex Brad Lackey SR500 Kawasaki '80 model works bike . It is a pretty tall order for any of the many fantastic bikes at CD6 to be judged as cooler than a bike with the racing credentials of finishing 2nd in the '80 500GP MX series (and also being one of only a few ever made).

[oldfart]

Only 3 parts off that bike went into production ....front guard - rear guard -

[floberts]

I have to agree, those two SR500s were the stand outs for me.

Who owns those beasts?

[Husky500evo]

I think that the owner prefers to remain anonymous. But it is great that he brings them out for everyone to look at .

[oldyzman]

All the way, did he fire one up at all...
Brett

[Nathan S]

Its hard to beat a works bike for the title of "coolest" - any thing that can beat two of them is pretty special...

Cookie's Ossa Phantom GP2 was f$%king amazing, and his MAR and SDR are both very, very close behind. Truth be known, they might even be better, but I will be forever blinded by the beauty of the Phantom.
In terms of quality of workmanship, I reckon they were THE bikes of the event - whether that elevates them above the works Kawis in terms of coolness, is a seperate question that I'm not all that interested in.

Mainline's YZ125F is also note-worthy. For a bike built to be raced, and by a novice bike restorer, it is well above average.
The YZ400D and 76 KX400 of the Parkes boys also get a tip of the hat for the same reasons.

Edit: Mr Smith's GP3 also had me drooling. However, I later observed the legendary Mr Smith slowness aboard his Beta and his KX. If I'd seen the Ossa treated so poorly, I'd have felt compelled to demand a ride - just to clear the plug, y'know.

Edit 2: Brett, Not that I saw. Apparently the owner isn't a rider at all (at least not in the context of VMX racing and/or works bikes). For a very brief moment, I felt ripped off. But then I got a grip, and realised how awesome it was to be able to even see the bikes in question, and that being able to touch them was a very rare privilge.

[oldyzman]

Yes Nathan, A privilage indeed, Old green machines are few and far, but being a works bike -amazing stuff. If fellows like you or i owned it, we would always be at war with ourselves weeather to ride it or not?
Cheers Brett

[Paddles]

if the ossa nathan is refering to is the one next door to yz250h's campsite, then i agree, it was a work of art. it's a tough choice though, there were so many good bikes.

[dkupf]

At the risk of being called a bike tart  I like these 2. Darcy